Psychologist _____ strongly believed that all mental abilities were related to a single common factor called the _____ factor.
A)Louis L. Thurstone; primary mental ability
B)Charles Spearman; general intelligence, or g,
C)Benjamin Whorf; linguistic relativity
D)Robert Sternberg; successful intelligence

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Charles Spearman proposed the concept of general intelligence, or g, which suggests that all mental abilities are related to a single common factor. This concept is still widely accepted in modern psychology. Louis L. Thurstone, Benjamin Whorf, and Robert Sternberg have proposed different theories of intelligence, but none of them is based on the concept of a general factor tying all mental abilities together.

Psychologist _____ Strongly Believed That All Mental Abilities Were Related